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The Passionate Plumber
“The Passionate Plumber was the un-handiest handy-man in town!”
6.0 / 10• 1932• 1h 13m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.
Cast & Crew
Buster Keaton
Elmer E. Tuttle
Lead
Jimmy Durante
Julius J. McCracken
Polly Moran
Albine
Irene Purcell
Patricia Alden
Gilbert Roland
Tony Lagorce
Mona Maris
Nina Estrados
Maude Eburne
Aunt Charlotte
Henry Armetta
Bouncer
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edward Sedgwick's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Passionate Plumber is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
